Lasting-machine.



E. L. KEYES.

LASTING MACHINE. APPLIGATION FILED JAN. 2z, 1910.

Patented Oct. 3, 1911.

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fvEnGENE LINCOLN irEYEs, E Bos'roN, MASSACHUSETTS, AssIeNoE 'roUNIrEn sHoE MACHINERY' COMPANY, 0E EMERSON. NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION oF NEW l L z .l l

Insieme-MACHINE.

1,004,659. Specioationonettes Patent. Patented'octng, 191.1... r Application med January 2a, 191o.- sex-'rai No.539',5a1..

To.aill,` whom 'it may concern.' limit beyond which the yielding element in lBeit' kno'wii thatQI, EUGENE L. KEYES,' the lifting means -will not adequately take eit'izen'of the UnitedStates, residing at Bos? care 'of "this variation. l

ton,' iny the county'ofSnfolk and State of 'Ithasfbeen necessary prior to this invenlg5 Massachusetts, -havei'nvented certain Im-'- tionto equip machines' with a. plurality offf c ers l 'jprovements i`n-'Lasting-Machines,v of Which;- heel Apin hol 1n which* they heel pins were thev following description, in connection' mounted in different 'positions considered Withthe acmpanyngdrawings, is a speci-lengthwise ofthe machine, the pin being fioation,A like 'reference characters on the: formed farther'back' on the holder for small vdraw-'ugsindicating like parts'inthesevi" llasts than fon' large ones so that excessive' '3'5 erlurg; ,i 4'.' retraeting moyement wouldrnot be required..

l'inve'ntiorli relates to lasting machinesj. :Itis yan object of this inventiomto"l obo *the 'typeknown as bed 'lasting machines 4vi'ate the necessityfor'furnishing' a' plural- W "cl comprise end lasting' mechanisms and.' 'ty of .holders by providing agholder'capay l le of' adjustment ofthe last lpin lengthwise 70.

a commero'ialform of such'lasting machines ofljthe'macliine relatively .to its actuating "l shown in application-.Serial N. 399,313, the'. mechanism', In addition tothe economy.l in shoe is supported at the forepart npon atoe` `the equipment of the machine there is' an adrest and atthe. heel uponjalast yin which" yaptgextothebperator in'having a single last `The pin 'holder 'which is always in place in the heel; asting'm'echanism 'including thehe'l machine. 1 Strength and rigidity of construcembracing" band and the heel wipers orflatsttion are important considerations in this ing plates is mountedlupon a carriagel in and associated arts of a lastingmachine which the last pin carrier is alsomounted and for this an other reasons the preferred 25 for. simultaneous backward and upward embodiment of the invention comprises a Q80A '3'5 lengt ".offmovement required" to draw'. the" the first ,position 'beingfadapted for' largego lmovement-to position the shoe relativelyto pm holder 'in which the pinis. eccentri.- the'b'and and plates andthen to freethetshoe cally mounted and which is reversible in its fr" removal from the machine'. These Cfllliellol I elatiVely t0 its actuating mecha- "movements ofthe last pin are effected by DSmvSI ShQWI the hOldeI Sa rectangular so mehanism'tvhieni retracts the last 'pin cm. post contained'in a socketin its Qarrir'andezi-l -lrie'r land. simultav c usly4 actuates a camI or upon Which'the. pin is'secured nearei'Jto one wedge'tii liftfthe pin'j'and the pitch of they edge'than 'toethe 'other edge so that in 'one cm ig ppr'oprae'for' raiginggthe shoe up posltlon the' last pinis spaced farther from J to .'the'levlof'thglastingplates during'the-. the heel'band 'than in thereversed position,` ,f last, bakwa'igdly iiito fhje'lllel band. wththe sizes of last or `formen s lasts vand the other; requisite' force to' 'cause' -'th'exbandsiniglyf to position being .suitable for 'small sizes or l embrace the'heel' portionsofth'e shoe.'y Al` fOl WOmGDS and' childrens lasts. though "there is some yielding qualityin 'Affurther feature. yof `the 'inventin i is 40 the liftingl force exerted by the camf and found in th'fmoutin of'fthe .pin -in the- Q55..

also in the closingforcefexerted by theheel holderby means. whic permits a limited band mountings thereshould be for ythe best ,lateral movement' of the pin\r and autom-ati-V resultsv ign-approximately constant relation cally` returns thel pinI to normal" position between the length of backward .movement `after such movement. l arid 'the length of the liftin movement. vIn .The invention ,will` be more particularly ,p'naetic'ehowever'it is foun that a substan- 'explained in connection with the following ti'flly uniform thickness of,V 1ast, prevails, description of they illustrated embodiment measured from the" sole faeetothe 4opposite thereof and wll'then be pointed out in the face, vin different sizes while lthe distance Claims.

, :S0y from thepn hole to th'eh'eelend .face varies Figure 1' is a side. elevation partly in sec- @los with the sizeof the shoe;. Ittherefore fol... tion of' so 'much lof la' 'lastlng machine lows that as the size of thel'ast diminishes equipped with' thecpil-esentyimprovements as f. a longer backward movement is'l required 1s necessary to present: for explaining this 'in *order to cause the heel band firmlyl toeminvention; Fig.' 2 '.is a perspective view' of b'race. the lshoe properly. There comes al( the heet'pin, audits bolder.' 110 The machine comprises toe lasting mechanism A and heel lasting mechanism B in a operative relation to which the shoe issustained by a toe rest C and a heel p in 2. The l heel lasting mechanism may correspond in its construction and mode of operation with that shown in said application which is embodied in a well known commercial form of lasting machine and is not necessary to describe here further than to explain that it comprises the heelembracing band Sinto which the shoe is drawn rearwardly by the engagement of the heel pin with the last.l

' that projects forwardly over the heel end of the shoe from one ofv the heel wipers. This vertical movement of the holder is effected by a lever 10 which is pivoted at its rear end to the slide 5 andv upholds the Vholder 4 by vits front end. f. This lever has an inclined face 12 which rests upon a yieldingly susi I tained screw` 14 and produces an upward tilting of the frontend of the lever as the slide is retracted, whereby ,the shoe is simuly taneously forced backwardly into its 'heel ranged in Fig. Lof the embracing band and uplifted against the gage 9.

The heel pin 2 is mounted inaccordance with this invention, nearer to one edge of the holder, as its front edge, than to the opposite edge and vthe 'holder ,is reversibly mountedin the-slide 5. 'This construction permits the holder .and in,l which are ardi'awin s to receive a large shoe, to be lifted out o the slide 5 and turned around and to be reinserted with the pin Vat the rear ofthe cente'r of the holderand nearer to the heel band for small lasts. By this provision for adjust-ment of the heel pin toward and :from uthe lheel j band a vwide range of sizes of shoesincludingfmens, womens and childrens may be 'supported in proper relation to the heel lasting instrumentalities of this machine by a single equipment, whereas a plurality of heel'pins and holders have heretofore been.

- required.

Provision is made for vertical adjustment of the heel pin by the screw 18 adjustably .carried by the lower portion of the holder '4 and resting upon the lever 10. The .heel

pin is mounted 1n thelholder by a longitudinal pivot pin that permits lateral tip ing of 'thepin for unsymmetrical lasts, or asts in which the pin hole is .unsymmetrically located so. that there is need to equalize the' strain as the last is forced backwardly into the band. The pin has oppositely inclined faces on its lower end which are engaged by a yielding centering plunger 19 which maintains the pin in a normal lateral position.

Having explained the nature ofl this in` vention and' described a preferred construe-j tion embodying the same, l claiml as new 1. AAl'lasting machine,- having in combination with' a heelembracing band, last sup'- porting means comprising, a heelpin and a .holder therefor a carrier for .the pin ,and

holder by 'which the pin is positioned lon- 'gitudinally of the machine, said holder having provision for effecting permanent Aadjustment of the heel pin in said carrier lonl jgitudinally of the machine from and toward the heel band.l

. and desire -to'secure v.by Letters Patent of 'the United AStates 2. A lasting machine having in combination with avheel embracing band,.last sup-l porting means comprising aheel pin and-af..

holder for the pin, and means for actuating 'the pin to force the last backwardly into the band, saidmachine having provision vfor making permanent adjustments of the pin lengthwise. ofjthe machine with relation 'to 'its actuating means. A

- 3.Avlast1ng machine having in combination with a heel embracing band, means' for supporting-a last to kbe embraced by the band, said means comprising a heel pin and a reversibly mounted holder in which the pin is mounted nearer to one edge of the holder than to its opposite edge whereby the pin may be adjusted into different positions' with relation to the band by reversing the holder. y i

4. A lasting machine having i`n` combination with a 'heel embracing band, last Supporting means comprising a heel pin and a holderfor the pin, means vfor actuating the.

holder. and pin todraw the last backwardly lntothe heel embracin band, said pin be-V ing pivotally mounted 1n its holder to permit lateral tippingA movements' for lequaliz- .ing the pressure on the two sides off the'last as the last is forced into thebanc'l, and means for automatically returningfthe pin to. normal lateral position in its holder.

5. .A lasting machine having -in combinallo tion a heel band, heel `lasting plates, alast pm, means for effecting 4operative, move-Nv ments of the pin to position the last verti l .cally and horizontally relativelyl toV said plates and band, said machine having addi-jtional provlsion for adjustment ofvithe pin horizontally relatively to said otherparts v' for'- lasts of different sizes.

G. A lastingmachinchaving in combina-A I tion a heel band, heel lasting plates, a'lastpin, means for effecting operative movements ofv the pin to position the last vertically and horizontally relatively to4 said ,plates and band, and a holder in which said change the horizontal relation ofthe pin to said associated parts of the machine.

7. A lasting machine having in combination a heel band, heel lasting plates, a last pin, a carrier in which the'pm may be held in dii'erent positions, means for' actuating the carrier to pull the in into the band, and i means to lift the pin uring said movement ofthe carrier, said machine having 4provi-- sion for changingv the position of the pin to I vary its initial horizontal'relation lto the band and plates.A -1

8.' A lastingmachinerliaving vin combina.'l

tion the heel band 3 the lastpin holder 4, the carrier 5 in which the holder is reversibly mounted, andthe last pin 2 adapted to sustain the last Within the band and supported' by the holder nearer to one edge than to the other'whereby its relationto t e carrier 'and to the heel band is` shifted `for large and small lasts by4 reversing the holder.

in the carrier, substantially as described.

In'` testimony whereof I have signed' my two subscribin Witnesses.

, n EUG NEQLINCOLN KEYES. x Witnesses: a

. RALPH ROBERTS,

An'rnna L. RUSSELL.

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